Ferenc Puskás was a Hungarian professional footballer who represented the Hungary national team as a striker between 1945 and 1956. He scored his first international goal on 20 August 1945, during a friendly match against Austria. Since then, he has become Hungary's top scorer in international football, having scored 84 goals in 85 appearances for Hungary.

On 30 October 1946, Puskás scored his first international hat-trick against Luxembourg during a Friendly match. He has scored five international hat-tricks, and on one occasion, four international goals in a single match, on 24 September 1950, during a friendly match against Albania.

In addition, Puskás represented the Spain national team in four matches from 1961 to 1962, thus he scored 84 goals in 89 international appearances overall.

International goals Hungary score listed first, score column indicates score after each Puskás goal. + International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 1 20 August 1945 Hungária körúti stadion, Budapest, Hungary Friendly 2 2 30 September 1945 7–2 3 4 5 30 October 1946 Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 7–2 5 6 7 6 4 May 1947 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 8 7 11 May 1947 Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo, Turin, Italy 9 8 29 June 1947 Stadion Avala, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1947 Balkan Cup 10 10 12 October 1947 Stadionul ONEF, Bucharest, Romania 3–0 11 12 13 21 April 1948 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 7–4 1948–53 Dr. Gerö Cup 13 14 14 6 June 1948 9–0 1948 Balkan Cup 15 16 15 24 October 1948 Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest, Romania 5–1 17 18 19 17 10 April 1949 Great Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia 1948–53 Dr. Gerö Cup 20 18 2 May 1949 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 6–1 21 22 23 21 10 July 1949 Oláh Gábor utcai Stadion, Debrecen, Hungary 8–2 Friendly 24 25 22 16 October 1949 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 4–3 26 27 23 30 October 1949 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 5–0 28 29 24 20 November 1949 30 25 30 April 1950 5–0 31 32 26 14 May 1950 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria 33 27 4 June 1950 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland 5–2 34 35 28 24 September 1950 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 12–0 36 37 38 39 29 29 October 1950 4–3 40 41 42 31 27 May 1951 6–0 43 44 33 18 November 1951 8–0 45 46 36 27 May 1952 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union 47 37 15 June 1952 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland 5–1 48 49 38 22 June 1952 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 50 41 24 July 1952 Urheilukeskus, Kotka, Finland 7–1 1952 Summer Olympics 51 52 42 28 July 1952 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 53 43 2 August 1952 54 44 20 September 1952 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland 4–2 1948–53 Dr. Gerö Cup 55 56 47 17 May 1953 Stadio dei Centomila, Rome, Italy 3–0 57 58 48 5 July 1953 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden Friendly 59 49 4 October 1953 Great Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia 60 52 25 November 1953 Wembley Stadium, London, England 61 62 53 12 February 1954 Cairo, Egypt 3–0 63 64 55 23 May 1954 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary 65 66 56 17 June 1954 Hardturm Stadium, Zürich, Switzerland 9–0 1954 FIFA World Cup 67 68 57 20 June 1954 St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland 69 58 4 July 1954 Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland 70 65 8 May 1955 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Friendly 71 66 11 May 1955 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden 7–3 72 73 68 19 May 1955 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 74 70 17 September 1955 Stade olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland 5–4 1955–1960 Dr. Gerö Cup 75 76 71 25 September 1955 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary Friendly 77 73 16 October 1955 1955–1960 Dr. Gerö Cup 78 74 13 November 1955 Friendly 79 75 27 November 1955 1955–1960 Dr. Gerö Cup 80 76 19 February 1956 Fenerbahçe Stadı, Istanbul, Turkey Friendly 81 77 29 February 1956* Al Manara Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon 82 79 3 June 1956 Stade du Heysel, Brussels, Belgium 83 82 16 September 1956 Stadion Avala, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1955–1960 Dr. Gerö Cup 84 85 14 October 1956 Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria Friendly

(* Non-FIFA match)

Hat-tricks

Date Venue Opponent Goals Result Competition 1 Stade Émile Mayrisch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 3 – (15', 60', 85') 7–2 Friendly 2 Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest, Romania 3 – (44', 63', 84') 5–1 1948 Balkan Cup 3 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 3 – (32', 82' pen., 89') 6–1 1948–53 Dr. Gerö Cup 4 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 4 – (18', 36', 75', 82') 12–0 Friendly 5 3 – (10', 13', 90') 4–3

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by yearYearAppsGoals1945231946331947551948671949811195061219513419521210195376195411819551210195694Total8584

+ Goals by competition Competition Goals Friendlies 53 Balkan Cup 8 Dr. Gerö Cup 15 Summer Olympics 4 FIFA World Cup 4 Total 84

+ Goals by opponent Opponent Goals 13 9 8 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Total 84

See also List of top international men's football goalscorers by country List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

References